Tips for extending the life of your IWB:
1. Power off the board if you plan to go 15 minutes or more without using it. To power off the board, look on the left side. There is a power button you can push.
2. Clean your projector filter regularly. The Logical Choice representatives recommend every 2 weeks. The projectors are very sensitive to dust buildup, and if the fans cannot draw in enough air, the device will go into thermal shutdown. Cleaning the filter is basically just pulling it out, blowing or vacuuming off the dust, and reinserting it.
There are many different brands of IWB's. At our school, we use Promethean ActivBoards.
To download the software, to use your IWB, go to www.prometheanplanet/ActivInspire
Tips for extending the life of your IWB:
1. Power off the board if you plan to go 15 minutes or more without using it. To power off the board, look on the left side. There is a power button you can push.
2. Clean your projector filter regularly. The Logical Choice representatives recommend every 2 weeks. The projectors are very sensitive to dust buildup, and if the fans cannot draw in enough air, the device will go into thermal shutdown. Cleaning the filter is basically just pulling it out, blowing or vacuuming off the dust, and reinserting it.
Online resources for using IWB's:
1. http://teacher.scholastic.com/whiteboards/languagearts.htm
2.http://rmtc.fsdb.k12.fl.us/tutorials/whiteboards.html
3. http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/lessonplans.html
4. http://www.echalk.co.uk/
5. www.prometheanplanet.com
6. http://www.topmarks.co.uk/INTERACTIVE.ASPX
7. http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html
8. http://www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources/
9. http://www.prometheanworld.com/
10. http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/IWBs/resources.htm
11. http://smartboardgoodies.com/2010/08/10/readingstreet/
Please let me know if you have any resources to add!
We also have Writing Lessons for the IWB in our professional collection in NHES library! It comes with a CD ROM of lessons to use.